Kevin Bartlett’s distinguished career spanned an incredible five decades. He considers himself a former open-wheeler driver first and foremost; one that just happened to move into touring cars.
Bartlett’s 15 years pedalling ‘real’ racing cars netted a pair of Australian Drivers' Championships (1968 and ’69) and took him to New Zealand, Asia and the United States. The latter included a drama-filled 242mph crack at the Indy 500 and a series of competitive showings in F5000 on the classic American tracks.
The highlight of his time in tin-tops was an outright Bathurst victory in 1974 with John Goss. However, his touring car record includes ATCC round wins, two Bathurst pole positions and campaigning myriad makes and models over three decades. To most Aussie race fans KB was the courageous, tough-as-nails steerer of the Nine Sports Camaro during the early 1980s.
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